A free Thanksgiving planner to help plan your cooking 3 weeks before Thanksgiving.

Cooking on Thanksgiving can be overwhelming even for the most experienced of cooks. The key to surviving Thanksgiving is to plan ahead and cook ahead. You can start cooking weeks before Thanksgiving.

You can pre-cook things pies and even the Turkey. Or you can prep dishes by dicing vegetables; making pie crust and pie filling; assembling casserole fillings and just freeze until you are ready to cook.

This Thanksgiving planner will help you take a look at the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and plan what to cook when. Even just prepping one recipe a week will make Thanksgiving easier to manage.

Or you can use the planner to make or prep one main dish, one side dish, and one dessert each week leading up to the week of Thanksgiving.

Start by checking out these tips on cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Pick a few ideas to use.
Sit down and plan your menu, print out recipes, and figure out a plan. Fill in the grid on the planner.
Keep all of your recipes and this planner in a binder in your kitchen.
Every week prep a few dishes and by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, you’ll be ahead of the game.

Cooking Thanksgiving dinner does not have to be overwhelming. It just takes a little planning to make it go smoothly! Plan ahead and shop for your Thanksgiving menu online and pick it up. Find the best way here: How to Pick Up Groceries and Order Online

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